Air and dust guard for lever-openings.



A. l. KUSIAN. AIR AND DUST GUARD FOR LEVER OPENINGS. APrfucATroN FILED JuLY24. |916.

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

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Marinus J. KUsIAN,

OF MOVILLE, IOWA,

TBEELAND, OF MOV ILLE, IOWA.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO LEWIS AIR AND DUST GUARD FOR LEVER-OPENINGS;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 1)ec. 4, 1917.

Appncauqn filed July 24, 1916. serial No. 110,908.

To all whom it may concern." f

Be it known that I, AMANDUS J.. KUSIAN, a citizen of the United States, ,fand a :resident of Moville, in the county of Voodbury and State 'of lowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air and Dust Guards for Lever-Openings, the following is a specification.

The present 'invention relates to means for covering openings vthrough which contol members oscillate.

The control levers and vehicles generally operate through slotsin the ioor, or foot boards. In warm weatherthe dust and heat from the engine, and cold air in winter, enter the vehicle through these openings and occasion the passengers much discomfort and annoyance.

therefore, for its primary object, the production of means for closing the pedal and control-lever openings of vehicles.l

Another object of the inventionis the production of an improved flexible closure for the pedal and control-lever openings ofyvehicles.

A still further object ofV the invention is the productionV of an improved vflexible covering for the pedal and control-lever openings of vehicles, inexpensive in construction and embodying certain novel feapedals of motor- `tures whereby it can be readily and eiiiciently installed on that -type of motorvehicle now in mostcommon use'.

With these and other objects in view,'theV invention consist-ing in the construction, combination and novel arrangement of parts, will be fully understood from the following description, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, which form a partof this application and in which like characters of reference indicate correspondin parts throughout the several views, o which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the control pedals and foot board of a Fordaut'omobile equipped with the preferred embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of the Same, the closure and one pedalvbeing cut away; Fig. 3 is an' enlarged perspe ctive view of one of the closure flies; Figs. 4 and 5 are the same taken on the lines 4-4 and o -5 respectivel. Y Although l have illustrated 'an hereinafter described he preferred embodiment of 'ios'cillate the usual contro-l 4the foot board I mount a iiexible cover which may be of any suitable material as fabric,

the invention, l would not be understood as being limited tothe specific structure chosen for illustration, Afor various alterations and modiiications may be made in the detalls of construction and arrangement of parts, without departing from the spiritvand scope of the invention as defined in the appended. claims.

y Referring now to the illustrations, 6, rep- -resents the floor board of a Ford automobile 4provided with slots, 7,'through which pedals, 8. Upon leather or rubber and including a cover part, 9,* sidev walls,-10, and a rear wall, 11. The front edge oiz the cover is secured by screws gndwashers, 12, or otherwise, to the foot board; and the lower edge of the rear wall isi six'nilarly secured as at, 13. The cover is provided with relatively long slits, 14, (Fig. 4) toadmit the Shanks 'of the pedals.

lThe said slits are covered by ies, preferably. each comprisin two separate sheets 15, placed end to en the adjacent ends o the sheets being provided with ears or aps, 16, whichl overlap corresponding ears of the opposite sheet. Between the ears of each sheet is a space, 17, just large enough to reccive the shank of the pedal. The remote ends of the sheets are riveted or otherwise fixed to the cover part as at 18, and one pair of the overlapping ears may be permanently secured together as at 19, and the opposite ears are provided, with button holes, 2O

adapted for engagement with a. button or.

stud 21, secured to the cover part. By unbuttoning the latter ears the sheets may be turned back suiciently to permit the pedals being introduced through the slits 14. Normally, the flies fit snugly around the pedal 'cranks and thus close the passage through the slots, 7, and cover slits, 14. The type of automobiles embodiment is particularly designed is pro? vided with three foot-levers, the center one of which is positioned to the rear of its companions. Therefore, to permit the free operation of the outermost pedals without imparting traction on the center pedal, it follows that there must be some slack in the cover' part between the center and the adjacent pedals. This slack may be provided in any suitable'manner, as by forming, in the cover, plaits, 22, on each side ofthe center tor which this l A IO -board and apertured with through the pedal slots.

Havlng thus described the invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,- l. A closure for the vehicle floor-board, cover adapted to be pedal-lever slots of a. comprising a flexible mounted on the floorto receive the pedallevers, flies covering the apertures and each including two individual sheets placed en d to end, the remote ends being secured to the cover and the adjacent ends being provided ears adapted to t adjacent the sides of the pedal-levers.

2. A closure for the pedal-lever slots of a vehicle loor-board, comprising a iexible cover adapted to be mounted on the floor board and apertured to receive the pedallevers, and fiies covering the apertures and each Iincluding two individual sheets placed end to end, the remote ends being secured to the cover and the adjacent ends bein rovided with a pair of ears adapted to fit adja- With a bellows-like fold cent the sides of the pedal lever, each ear overlapping the corresponding ear of the other sheet, and two of said overlapping ears being detachably interconnected.

3. A closure for the pedal-lever Hoorboard slots of a vehicle having Vthree pedallevers arranged side by side, comprising a flexible covering adapted to be mounted on the floor-board. and apertured tb receive the pedal-levers, said'eovering being provided with slack intermediate the center and adjacent pedal-levers to permit individual operation of the pedal levers.

4:. A` closure for the pedal-lever Hoorboard slots of a vehicle having three 'pedallevers arranged side by side, comprising a Hexible cover-ing adapted to be secured at its front edge to'the floor-board and including rear and side walls adapted to meet the floor-board, the rear wall being adapted to be secured to the Hoonboard being apertured to receive the pedal-levers and provided with forwardly and rear-- Wardly extending plaits intermediate the apertures, and the rear wall being provided to permit operations of the pedal-levers.

In testimony, whereof, I- have-hereunto set my hand, this 30th day of June, 1916.

AMANDUS J.. KUSIAN. 

